Oneida County Notebook

County Executive Anthony Picente and County Attorney Greg Amoroso said all requests for proposals in the future will include local attorneys or law firms from Oneida County.

By law, the county attorney's office must solicit at least three separate proposals and follow the county's procurement policy to hire outside counsel on a contract basis. In most cases at least one of the three proposals come from a local attorney or firm.

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"This has long been an unofficial practice and we are pleased to announce that it is now the rule going forward. We always want to give local firms or lawyers an opportunity to do the work," said Amoroso.

The county urges their counterparts in local municipalities, towns, villages and school boards to follow the same policy and solicit local attorneys during the proposal process.

"We are hoping to lead by example here in Oneida County," Picente said. "We have some of the best legal minds in the state right here at home and we want to continue to give them the opportunity to provide outside counsel."

Picente attends defense community summit

Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente and Mohawk Valley EDGE President Steven J. DiMeo attended the 2013 Defense Communities National Summit in Washington D.C., June 12-14. The event is an annual conference held by the Association of Defense Communities.

ADC unites the diverse interests of communities, state governments, the private sector and the military on issues of base closure and realignment, community-military partnerships, defense real estate, mission growth, mission sustainment, military privatization, military families/veteran support and base redevelopment.

"This conference will present an opportunity for us to hear new ideas and new approaches to moving Griffiss forward as well as ways to expand and pursue military development for the installations still on the Griffiss Technology Park," Picente said.